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Twelve things that get my goat

Want to know what makes a middle-aged bloke’s blood boil? Ben Harvey has graciously listed a dozen of them.

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Victorian-style virus bungle must not happen here

The east coast experience made it painfully clear that no expense can be spared and no quarantine program deemed too overzealous when it comes to controlling this insidious disease in Port Hedland.

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Deputy PM wants tourism boost as border fight brews

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack is calling on Mark McGowan to bring down the hard border, saying it would significantly boost WA’s tourism industry.

Peter Law & Annabel Hennessy

Forecasts adjustedPremiumGold, iron ore to hold as coal burns export values

The value of Australia’s resources and energy exports will sink by $34 billion this year after posting a record last financial year, according to new Federal Government forecasts.

Stuart McKinnon

Look before leapingPremiumSelfie fail: Why a SMSF is probably not right for you

Exerting control is a power sought at various stages of life. For most, this is treated respectfully, but some take it and mess it up badly.

Bruce Brammall

Suspension eyedCommentsPremiumPressure to delay WAFC election amid bombshell inquiry

The WA Football Commission is under pressure to delay the process to appoint four new commissioners until after a parliamentary inquiry into the game’s governing body hands down its findings.

Peter Law

Credit pushPremiumBurden shifts to borrowers in new lending rules regime

Regardless of whether the proposed changes are right or wrong, they will likely make it quicker for millions of Australians to get loans from banks and finance companies.

Neale Prior and Nick Bruining

Festival firstCommentsPremiumBruce Lee favourite gets Noongar treatment

Everybody was kung fu fighting in the 1970s. And thanks to a Noongar language re-dubbing of Bruce Lee’s classic Fist of Fury many more will be this year too.

Simon Collins

HealthAged care inquiry to deliver virus report

The aged care royal commission will deliver a report to the federal government on the measures needed to protect elderly residents from COVID-19.

TourismPacker among witnesses at casino inquiry

James Packer is this week due to front an inquiry into the suitability of Crown Resorts to hold a licence to operate a new Sydney casino.

Hannah Ryan

Latest updatesPremiumRinehart’s tax plan to save Aussies as new COVID hot spots emerge

Gina Rinehart says Australia must look to the US to fight back from its pandemic economic woes, as a new wave of global COVID-19 epicentres emerge.

Zoe Smith, Shoba Rao, Emily Consenza, James MacSmith, Tiffany Bakker

Flights lifeline extendedPremiumKey NT flight routes secured with multimillion-dollar funding boost

CRUCIAL regional air routes within the Territory and domestic flights between Darwin and other major capital cities will be secured into 2021 under a multimillion-dollar federal government funding extension for the aviation sector.

MADURA MCCORMACK

Mysterious lightsPremiumFormer pollie spots UFO in remote Top End

FLASHING lights over the Peron Island North have baffled former politician Gerry Wood and his family, who believe the two yellow and green lights they saw belong to a UFO.

JUDITH AISTHORPE

Liquor restrictions to stayPremiumLimits on alcohol sales in Darwin extended for another week

BOOZE restrictions in Darwin will continue for another week, as cops work to tackle alcohol-induced anti-social behaviour and grog-running.

JUDITH AISTHORPE

Right to die legislationPremiumFederal Govt has ‘no plans’ to review NT euthanasia laws

FEDERAL Attorney-General Christian Porter says there are no plans for the government to repeal laws that prevent Territories from legalising euthanasia.

JUDITH AISTHORPE

Qld decidesPremiumLNP’s other plan to slash road deaths

Its ambitious $33 billion upgrade of the entire Bruce Highway would save countless lives, but the LNP has another multimillion-dollar road safety initiative to roll out.

Jack McKay

Qld decidesPremium$12b infrastructure black hole amid public wage splurge

The State Labor Government‘s cuts to capital works spending have been revealed as enough to build two Cross River Rail projects, five duplicate Pacific Motorways or 40 Townsville stadiums.

Steven Wardill, state affairs editor

YOUR SAYPremiumHow do wooden spooners rate with Queenslanders?

The Brisbane Broncos have just endured their toughest season ever. So how has it affected their standing among Queensland’s sporting teams? YOUR SAY SURVEY RESULTS

Rikki-Lee Arnold

QLD economyPremiumState’s coal comfort from China under threat

One of Queensland’s greatest moneymakers and industries faces a new risk from China, even after the emerging super power kept it going during the global pandemic.

Matthew Killoran

Victim tellsPremium‘Horror movie’: House rammed, torched in DV attack

Ipswich woman April Wilmot always knew the day would come when her deranged ex-boyfriend would try to kill her. Four years on she has opened up about the brutal attack.

Patrick Billings

House blazePremiumHorror homecoming for partner of fire victim

A Logan woman returned home from night shift to find her house ablaze and her partner, a father of two, nowhere to be found.

Cloe Read & Judith Kerr

Family violencePremiumThe Qld communities in line for new DV shelters

The federal Social Services Minister will announce seven new shelters for Queensland women and children as part of a $60 million national program to alleviate the effects of domestic violence.

Matthew Killoran

ExclusivePremiumAgent to the stars under investigation

Matt Rose is the man behind some of the most successful sportsmen in Australia, including NRL players Latrell Mitchell, Cody Walker and Jack Wighton, and boxing champion Tim Tszyu. But his management of an Indigenous not-for-profit organisation is under the spotlight.

Ava Benny-Morrison

By-election battlePremium‘Faceless’ Nats trying to ‘blow up’ Coalition

Moves to switch a safe Liberal seat from the Liberal Party to the Nationals have sparked some heated claims from within the Coalition.

Matthew Killoran

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